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Palestinians, Israelis Reach Pact
On Pullback of Troops in Hebron

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Amy Dockser Marcus Staff Reporter of The Wall Street Journal

Updated Jan. 15, 1997 11:55 a.m. ET

TEL AVIV -- After months of acrimonious negotiations, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian Authority Chairman Yasser Arafat concluded an accord on the pullback of Israeli troops from the city of Hebron and other areas of the West Bank.

At a 90-minute meeting on the Israel-Gaza Strip border early Wednesday morning, the two men signed off on a deal that within 10 days will leave the Palestinians in charge of 80% of Hebron. The biblical city, home to 130,000 Palestinians and 500 Jewish settlers, was the...